The Role of Cardiac MRI in Pulmonary Hypertension- Is it Still an Underutilized Tool.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an intricate medical issue resulting from increased pressure in the pulmonary artery (PA). The current gold standard for diagnosis involves an invasive procedure known as right heart catheterization. Nevertheless, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) offers a non-invasive and valuable alternative for evaluating the function, structure, and blood flow through the pulmonary artery (PA) in both the left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV).

Systemic Venous Congestion Reviewed.

Accurate determination of intravascular volume status is challenging in acutely ill patients. Favorable patient outcome is vital to correctly identify intravascular volume depletion and avoid systemic venous congestion. Most of the conventional means of hemodynamic monitoring in the acute healthcare setting are geared toward addressing the cardiac output and maintaining an optimum mean arterial pressure.

Rhinovirus-associated dilated cardiomyopathy.

Rhinovirus is the main cause of the common cold. There is little to no published literature of rhinoviral associated myocarditis. We report a rare case of rhinovirus infection in a patient with myocarditis leading to dilated cardiomyopathy.